@VicLanguageCuts

Stop cuts to languages at Victoria University of Wellington.

 Wellington City, New Zealand
Joined October 2016
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Final outcome of change proposal: all staff cuts still going ahead. 125 written subs, 12 oral subs, 2000+ petition signatures irrelevant.
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Cuts claim uni stalwart

Quarter-century tenure ends for Screen and Media Studies lecturer Geoff Lealand.

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Sign the Petition

Save the Waikato Music Conservatorium

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#VicUniWgtn students, note that you can also file academic grievances about "a decision made by university staff": victoria.ac.nz/documents/pol…
Try Maori Made Easy - 30 minutes a day for 30 weeks, find a copy of this book in the LLC library bit.ly/2jNh9Mi @MaoriLanguages
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Lars Thompson@ThompsonLars19 Jan 2017
A tragic loss. The decision panel may have felt there was no other choice, but there is always a choice. xitter.cf/VicLanguageCuts/status…
Хей, герой!@VicLanguageCuts19 Jan 2017
two 'voluntary' resignations, the rest fired. Very good staff, some of whom have been with VUW for 10 or 20+ years
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Lars Thompson@ThompsonLars19 Jan 2017
Replying to @VicLanguageCuts @VicUniWgtn
but the university should know there will be a fight 4 staff, no matter how small a timeframe given to do so.
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Lars Thompson@ThompsonLars19 Jan 2017
Replying to @VicLanguageCuts @VicUniWgtn
This will not be the last time we shall have to fight this fight I fear
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This article applies equally here in NZ as in the UK and US. Kiwis need to learn foreign languages to remain internationally competitive. xitter.cf/worldsoccerguy/status/…
William Troop@WilliamTroop16 Jan 2017
The US lacks linguists who understand which foreign information matters most bc it's not in English says @KuperSimon ft.com/content/223af71a-d853…
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@TinaMakereti 6 mths notice; most will teach till end of T1 (quarter-heartedly?). German tutor contracted till end of the year.
two 'voluntary' resignations, the rest fired. Very good staff, some of whom have been with VUW for 10 or 20+ years
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This concludes the narration of language cuts at @VicUniWgtn. The account will remain up for reading purposes for another week.
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Italy in New Zealand@ItalyinNZ13 Jan 2017
Once we were enemy aliens. At the start of WWII Italians male residents in NZ were detained in Matiu-Somes Island in Wellington's bay
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it's from Ecclesiastes (1:18) in the Bible. 12:12 is also good...
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The Irish For@theirishfor4 Apr 2016
The Irish word for Klingon, 'Tliongánach', is derived from the Klingon word 'tlhIngan', which means Klingon.
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discounts used to be given to CSC holders. LC has photo so assume they wanted poor ppl to stop lending cards to rich friends (!!)
New French graded readers just arrived - classics of French literature. Come and borrow them :-)
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Xiaolu Guo: ‘One language is not enough. I write in both Chinese and English’ bit.ly/2ihLdOt
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Tertiary Education Union@nzteu11 Jan 2017
Stuff has a piece today on VC salary increases goo.gl/5Rfu6b. ICYMI here's TEU's comment on SSC report goo.gl/Fo1l4B

Big pay rise for uni boss

Rise of at least $90,000 for Canterbury's Rod Carr's rise reflects resized role and quake duties.

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